No idea how this list materialized other than a chance hearing of the old Styx hit "Lady". But not even in that moment did I think about a SHT list. You could say there wasn’t SHT to be found anywhere, just a good old ballad that I enjoyed the SHT out of. Then as I was sitting here one evening, I stumbled across another old ballad and that’s when it hit me! Power ballads existed before they were actually called Power Ballads! So I sought out some really old ballads that seemed to fit the template of a Power Ballad but weren’t actually Power Ballads because that name hadn’t been dreamt up yet. Get it!? Yup, its Pre-Power Ballad Power Ballads week.
Yes this is how I choose to start 2016, and yes if you listen I know you'll enjoy this ...
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So sad that you couldn't find something better than "Napoleon Dynamite". Not a good way to start off the new year, if you ask me.
I dunno, but that "power ballad' term just seems so negative to me. It supposedly started with one "metal" band and sold a bunch so everyone jumped on the bandwagon even though almost all hard rock/metal bands had done a ballad or two. With these picks, I just consider them mellow tunes. All these bands had mellow songs on all their albums, so it shouldn't come as a surprise.
You know, you could squeeze out a SHT on songs that include hand clapping. But, you won't be able to use this April Wine song. You would have to find others. Oh, but you can find something else on this album when you have a SHT about album covers with a cannon on it! I know, I am very helpful.
Chicago III is a really good album, but so were most of the early 70's albums. I think I listened to this recently. Maybe I didn't. I just don't know.
Don't understand all the faucets on the cover of "Force It". Just doesn't make sense. I wouldn't be surprised if UFO had a monkey on a cover. Or a cover with balls on the faces of a couple members of the group, except for Michael Schenker who would probably complain.
I remember buying Styx II, think it might have been a re-release or something. It did have a sticker (maybe) stating that it featured "Lady". I didn't like the album back then, except for "Lady", but now I can accept it even though I haven't listened to it in quite awhile.
Would have been a swell SHT except for ND.
ND and I have something in common, and its not Ligers or Tater Tots (Well kinda like Tater Tots but not totally)... So I used him.
Of course these are mellow tunes, because there was no such thing as Power Ballads when they were released, see you did get it! And we've had the Faucet/ForceIt discussion once before at least. I get it, but will the other listener? hmm.....
Styx II has actually held up pretty well, its got some good prog on it and that cant be bad especially DeYoung Prog! Wish that never went away... But oh well..
1. I never have heard much April Wine. I know the name of the band from waayy back, but I don't know anything about the band. This is a nice 70's ballad, and I do prefer the 70's ballads to the soppy 80's ballads, very much so. The best of those was Voices by Cheap Trick imo. I like this one, though.
2. Hmmmm.....doesn't sound like the Chicago I know, and like. I haven't heard much "old" Chicago, and this song doesn't really make me wanna check it out. Definitely not as good as AW, but not bad. It's still the sound of the 70's, and I dig that. "Tonight, tonight, tonight.." reminds me of some other song, and no it's not "tonight" by CT I'm thinking about. Oh, I remember now:
3. Here we go again. I've said many times, that I don't really care about UFO. They are just not very good imo. And this song doesn't make me change my mind. Not a good singer, not very good songs/albums, and I'm not impressed at all by any of the musicians. I know this one. I can hear that coming to the chorus.
4. Now, Styx is another story. They won me over a couple of years ago. They have a "City Boy"-sound, that I like, but it's mostly their rock-tunes, that I like, but this do gets a bit "rocky" around the chorus. Not much City Boy in this tune, though, but it's easily the second-best song here, maybe the best? Nah, April Wine wins this round.
Good start, my friend.
Never heard the Shadows and I can hear your Chicago association, but only barely. Interesting tune you posted...
Someone should post a prog playlist of only old Styx tunes. Hey! Maybe that should be me!!
Got to this yesterday. I can, without a doubt, say that Lady by Styx is the most familiar song here for me. It's really weird how it didn't really do anything until it was re-released. Back at that time, I had no idea what it meant for a song to be re-released. I just know I thought this was a killer ballad, and I still do.
The UFO song is really nice too. I never got into UFO when I was younger, though I wish that I had. I feel like I missed a lot of good music. I have the vast majority of their studio releases now, but I'm still not familiar enough with them to know what song is from what album.
The Chicago song is interesting. I don't think it's all that great (it's certainly not bad), but I have begun to feel this urge to pick up some of Chicago's early stuff. I only have one album (17 I think) and a greatest hits disc. But I'd really like to pick up at least three or four of the earlier ones.
I actually have more April Wine albums than Chicago albums. But I feel more familiar with Chicago, probably because they had so many hits. But April Wine seems to be a pretty good band as well. I do like most of what I hear. Maybe it's time to spin the albums that I do have.
I like the theme and your picks for the week Scott. I enjoyed listening to this yesterday.
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